USS ''Fairview'' (EPCE(R)-850) was a United States Navy ''PCE(R)-848''-class Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue), in commission from April 1944 to May 1968. It was named after
Fairview, New Jersey
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in
Tokyo Bay
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at the end of
World War II
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.
Role
The ''PCER-848'' class was an armed rescue ship built on the hull of the
PCE (Patrol Craft Escort) by the
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Illinois. The ships were to serve three missions: damage control / firefighting; casualty treatment / evacuation; and patrol / guardship. Each ship's hospital contained 65 beds, with a surgical suite, and X-ray facilities. The medical department consisted of a staff of 11 doctors and hospital corpsmen.
Three ships of the class—''PCER-848'', ''-849'' and ''-850''—were refitted and their hospital spaces converted into communications centers to support the US Army's activities in the
Pacific Theater
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.
Service history
The ship was laid down on 6 October 1943 by the
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company of Chicago, and launched on 8 February 1944. Commissioned as USS ''PCE(R)-850'' on 17 April 1944, the ship was converted to a communications ship at
Brisbane
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, Australia, in September 1944.
The ship was engaged in testing anti-submarine devices during the period of 1948–1950, based out of
New London, Connecticut
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. It was named USS ''Fairview'' on 15 February 1956, and was reclassified as EPCE(R)-850, an Experimental Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue), in 1959.
The ship was decommissioned on 1 May 1968, and later sold.
See also
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USS ''Somersworth'' PCE(R)-849
References
External links
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Naval History and Heritage Command
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PCE(R)-848-class patrol craft
1944 ships
Ships built in Chicago